These images were taken over the timeframe of three years during many trips shortly after the devastating earthquake in January of 2010. Locations photographed ranged from Port-au-Prince to Jacmel to 6,000’ up into the clouds of the Sequin Plateau where I worked as a volunteer with Raincatchers to install crude but clean and sustainable water collection systems. As expected, the experience was an overwhelming and draining mix of emotions. My initial reaction when experiencing Haiti the first time was pure shock. Disbelief. Overwhelming sorrow.  Never in my travels abroad have I seen such complete devastation and sub-human existence.  My time in the mountains on the Seguin Plateau opened my eyes to an even lower level of existence, one of simply surviving today to see tomorrow.  However, after many trips serving and paying close attention to His hand, God once again proved to me that good is at work in the world, and displayed for me the triumphant resolve of the human spirit.

I ran across the words, “Psalm 139: 7-10” hand carved into a wooden door of a kai-pai home while hiking across the mountains. It is a beautiful summary of my trips to this rugged land and has stayed with me as my favorite bible verse:  “Where can I go from your Spirit?  Where can I flee from your presence?  If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.  If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.”

Just a sample of the hundreds of photographs I captured are below.  As hard as I tried, they cannot do justice to being there firsthand. One image in particular, and the story behind it, means a lot to me. I wrote about it here.